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by clipsy 2y ago
He is literally an actor, his job revolves around convincing viewers he feels things he doesn't actually feel.
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by clipsy 2y ago
No, not kinda. In the example you present, if 20% increased to 70% the appropriate description is either a 250% increase or a 50pp ("percentage point"[0]) increase. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentag
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by clipsy 2y ago
I think you are presuming that the participants who failed were unable to solve the underlying logic problem, when it is entirely possible that they (eg) misread part of the problem setup. (Likewise the paper seems to infer a difference in
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by clipsy 2y ago
> It's like combining 2 pieces of open-source software and selling them under one product. That describes a decent chunk of the tech industry!
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by clipsy 2y ago
Move fast and break things!
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by clipsy 2y ago
> I rent. Right now my house cash makes $2,600 after taxes by putting it in T-Bills. This effectively drops my rent to $1,300/mo vs buying and spending $3k/mo for mortgage, taxes, insurance, HOAs and maintenance. By my math thi
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by clipsy 3y ago
Backscatter X-Ray or similar, presumably.
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by clipsy 3y ago
Physically Based Rendering[0] was an excellent textbook when I read it ages ago and conveniently enough it looks to have been updated with a new edition last year. [0]: https://pbrt.org/
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by clipsy 3y ago
Just because someone endorses legal immigration does not mean that they will appreciate being stopped and asked for their papers at random.
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by clipsy 3y ago
> I find conversations about money with younger generations to be very hostile (btw, I still consider myself young). Accusations, assumptions, and name-calling start circulating quickly if you dare to ask 'the youth of reddit'
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by clipsy 3y ago
> This assumes sane body camera policies are in place, like immediate dismissal if the camera/mic is turned off/covered, during any part up to or during an arrest. Assuming fantasies is rarely helpful when judging the effects o
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by clipsy 3y ago
> I have a friend who works for the IRS. They basically can't spend more than a minute per client. Its basically "okay cool" move on. They gotta do like 40 cases a day. A minute per case sounds stressful, but I suppose if
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by clipsy 3y ago
If intelligence is so heritable, why do children of Harvard grads need preferential treatment?
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by clipsy 3y ago
> The simpler a rule is, the less likely it gets gamed. Why? As a counterexample, measuring a programmer's productivity by lines of code written is almost as simple as a rule possibly can be, and is extraordinarily easy to game.
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by clipsy 3y ago
Fox spurns henhouse guards.
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by clipsy 3y ago
> The visa holder thing might have been true for maybe 3 months before and after the takeover. The job market was absolutely on fire at the time (early 2022). The Twitter takeover (and subsequent layoffs, ultimatum, etc) happened in late
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by clipsy 3y ago
Why?
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by clipsy 3y ago
> Genuine question: How does it make fiscal business sense to kill your customers after one hit? It doesn't. Even making the generous assumption that the DEA is being honest here, what constitutes a lethal dose for a non-user may be
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by clipsy 3y ago
> This is a good filter for those who either lack the aptitude or effort to complete it No, it's a filter for who has parents who are familiar and comfortable with bureaucratic nonsense.
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by clipsy 3y ago
When the job market is bad, these companies will not even slightly hesitate before demanding so much work that you need to put in 10, 20, even 30+ hours per week of unpaid overtime. They want to act like amoral money-extraction engines but
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by clipsy 3y ago
Thank you. For those wondering, the text of the state is here: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=130.028 I'll be interested to see how this plays out; I generally support laws that protect employ
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by clipsy 3y ago
> But because some of the opinions she expressed in her X accounts did not conform to the prevailing political orthodoxy, Block fired her, in violation of the law. What law?
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by clipsy 3y ago
Per the article: > “Going forward, it is mandatory in North America to install and activate FSD V12.3.1 and take customers on a short test ride before handing over the car. I know this will slow down the delivery process, but it is nonet
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by clipsy 3y ago
To be clear, I'm in favor of the right to repair here. But I think the concern is not someone parting out a car in a public parking space, but rather stealing a car from a public parking space and parting it out at a second location?
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by clipsy 3y ago
> If I feel the need for a "theft preventer" I can get one that takes 12ga. 3" magnum shells. Alternating 00 buck and 3/4oz slug. Works equally well on moose, bears, thieves, and dealership service managers ;). It doe
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by clipsy 3y ago
The court doesn't dismiss lawsuits without considering their merit.
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by clipsy 3y ago
> If you wanted to you could spend your entire life shooting heroin, eating junk food and playing video games - but most people, for some reason, don't seem to. The vast majority of people could not, in fact, afford to live like thi
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by clipsy 3y ago
Unless you’re @libsoftiktok
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by clipsy 3y ago
Ray Kurzweil says a lot of things.
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by clipsy 3y ago
> Why are we asking tech CEOs about societal racism and politics? We’re not asking “tech CEOs,” we’re asking one specific tech CEO who has chosen to insert himself into the conversation both by purchasing Twitter and by frequently and pu

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